Actor Jimmy Hawkins (“It’s a Wonderful Life”) is 79. Blues singer John Hammond is 78. Country singer-songwriter Ray Wylie Hubbard is 74. Actor Joe Mantegna is 73. Actor Sheila Frazier (“Superfly”) is 72. Actor Tracy Scoggins (“Babylon 5,” “Lois and Clark”) is 67. Actor Chris Noth (“Law and Order: Criminal Intent,” “Sex and the City”) is 66. Actor Whoopi Goldberg is 65. Actor Rex Linn (“CSI: Miami”) is 64. Actor Caroline Goodall (“The Princess Diaries,” “Schindler’s List”) is 61. Actor Neil Flynn (“Scrubs”) is 60. Trumpeter Walter Kibby of Fishbone is 56. Comedian Jimmy Kimmel is 53. Actor Steve Zahn (“Happy, Texas,” “That Thing You Do!”) is 53. Actor Gerard Butler (“Machine Gun Preacher,” “The Phantom of the Opera”) is 51. Actor Jordan Bridges (“Rizzoli and Isles”) is 47. Actor Aisha Hinds (“Under the Dome,” “True Blood”) is 45. Bassist Nikolai Fraiture of The Strokes is 42. Actor Monique Coleman (“High School Musical”) is 40. Actor Devon Bostick (“The 100,” “Diary of a Wimpy Kid”) is 29.
— Associated Press
Regulators authorized AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine for use in adults throughout the European Union on Friday, amid criticism the bloc is not moving fast enough to vaccinate its population.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A former FBI lawyer was sentenced to probation for altering an email that the Justice Department relied on during its surveillance of an aide to President Donald Trump during the Russia investigation.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Tony Evers lashed out Friday at rival Republicans who tried to repeal his statewide mask mandate, saying killing the order would be a ridiculous move comparable to abolishing speed limits.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — As some conservatives in South Carolina celebrated getting a bill that would ban almost all abortions in the state past a legislative barrier and likely becoming law, they said they are not finished trying to end all abortions.
A Moscow court on Friday put the brother and several allies of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny under house arrest for two months as authorities sought to stymie more protests over the jailing of the top Kremlin foe.